Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.18.11

Wolff Walks Out; New Hires To Wake Up Early

October 18, 2011
It's over. Michael Wolffis out at AdWeek. Executive editor Jim Cooper takes over the magazine and the site. The rumors have been flying for a month or so, but Hamilton Nolan was eerily prescient this entire time. Wolff and the trade world just didn't mesh. He fought withJimmy Finkelstein about where AdWeek was headed. So Wolff is out at Prometheus Global Media. (The magazine also losesHillary Frey to Yahoo where she'll be managing editor of news. Is that a bigger hit for the publication?) Presumably, Wolff will soon find a place to land softly. (Could the delay in his departure be due to the creation of an exit strategy?)...

The Early ShowhiresSharon Hoffman as senior producer. John Peck also joins as supervising producer and Ryan Kadro gets a promotion from supervising producer to senior producer. The program also recruitsJohn Miller. He previously was a deputy to the government's director of national intelligence and will play a big role reporting and commenting on "homeland security, law enforcement and other matters."... Senior vice president Carrie Frazier and vice president Amy Jo Bermanleave HBO as the network shutters its casting department...

The New York Daily NewslosesStuart Marques. The senior managing editor joined in 2007 but seems to be a victim of the increased focus on the Web... Andy Sareyanjoins the National Journal as president and executive vice president of Atlantic Media Group. Sareyan will help jump start revenues... Hearst Corporation hiresWenning Xing to helm its new Beijing corporate office... Vevo hires editorial director Jim Macnie. The massive YouTube channel will looks to expand its impressive content offerings... And there are changes at Pandora, Martini Media and more...

October 18, 2011: Tisha Thompson has been named investigative reporter at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C.
She had been investigative reporter at WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C. (TVSpy)

October 18, 2011: Amy Introcaso-Davis has been named executive vice president of programming at GSN.
She had been senior vice president of original programming and development at Oxygen Media. (release)